PEEPS AT HERALDRY AGENTS AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK AUSTRALASIA OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 205 FLINDERS LANE, MELBOURNE CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. ST. MARTIN'S HOUSE, 70 BOND STREET, TORONTO INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA [Illustration: PLATE 1. HERALD, SHOWING TABARD ORIGINALLY WORN OVER MAIL ARMOUR.] [Illustration: PEEPS AT HERALDRY BY PH[OE]BE ALLEN CONTAINING 8 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND NUMEROUS LINE DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT LONDON ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1912 ] TO MY COUSIN ELIZABETH MAUD ALEXANDER CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. AN INTRODUCTORY TALK ABOUT HERALDRY 1 II. THE SHIELD--ITS FORM, POINTS, AND TINCTURES 8 III. DIVISIONS OF THE SHIELD 16 IV. THE BLAZONING OF ARMORIAL BEARINGS 24 V. COMMON OR MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES 31 VI. ANIMAL CHARGES 39 VII. ANIMAL CHARGES (CONTINUED) 47 VIII. ANIMAL CHARGES (CONTINUED) 56 IX. INANIMATE OBJECTS AS CHARGES 63 X. QUARTERING AND MARSHALLING 70 XI. FIVE COATS OF ARMS 74 XII. PENNONS, BANNERS, AND STANDARDS 80 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE 1. HERALD SHOWING TABARD, ORIGINALLY WORN OVER MAIL ARMOUR _frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. THE DUKE OF LEINSTER 8 Arms: Arg. saltire gu. Crest: Monkey statant ppr., environed round the loins and chained or. Supporters: Two monkeys environed and chained or. Motto: Crom a boo. 3. MARQUIS OF HERTFORD 16 Arms: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, or on a pile gu., between 6 fleurs-de-lys az., 3 lions passant guardant in pale or; 2nd and 3rd gu., 2 wings conjoined in lure or. Seymour. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet or a ph[oe]nix ppr. Supporters: Two blackamoors. Motto: Fide et amore. 4. THE EARL OF SCARBOROUGH 41 Arms: Arg. a fesse gu. between 3 parrots vert, collared of the second. Crest: A pelican in her piety. Supporters: Two parrots, wings inverted vert. Motto: Murus aëneus conscientia sana. 5. BARON HAWKE 48 Arms: Arg. a chevron erminois between three pilgrim's staves purpure. Crest: A hawk, wings displayed and inverted ppr., belled and charged on the breast with a fleur-de-lys or. Supporters: Dexter, Neptune; sinister, a sea-horse. Motto: Strike.